Excerpt from Philosophical Radicals of 1832: Comprising the Life of Sir William Molesworth, and Some Incidents Connected With the Reform Movement From 1832 to 1842 This memoir has been composed partly With a View to enable a younger generation to understand the events of the period to Which the narrative relates. Having been in a position to observe the working of the political forces during that singularly interesting passage - the passing of the Reform Bill - I felt myself moved to write some account of the personal agency exercised by certain individuals in directing the course of public opinion. It is not a history of the Reformed Parliament: I Wish it were; for so Vigorous and healthy an effort to amend our political machinery would form a worthy subject for any pen. My sketch is, for the most part, a personal one; yet Whilst it' Will do justice to the merits of a departed statesman, it may also assist future students of English domestic history to acquire a more complete View of the character of a memo rable movement, from its energetic commencement in 1882, to its decline in 1842. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.